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Recruitment
Ann Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what percentage of recruits for (a) the Royal Navy, (b) the Army and (c) the Royal Air Force passed their basic training to become operationally available in each of the last five years. [114634]
Mr. Ingram:
The following tables provide the percentages of untrained strength who became trained
and those still in training, in each of the last five financial years (2001-02 to 2005-06), by service.
Percentages are based on the number of Service Personnel who joined the untrained strength during each of the financial years, then subsequently became trained/commissioned at any date up to 31 March 2006 or who are currently still on the untrained strength at 31 March 2006.
| Naval service—intake for financial years 2001-02 to 2005-06 | ||||
| Percentage of officers who: | Percentage of other ranks who: | |||
| Became trained | Are still on untrained strength | Became trained | Are still on untrained strength | |
| Note: Naval Service comprises Royal Navy and Royal Marines. | ||||
| Army—intake for financial years 2001-02 to 2005-06 | ||||
| Percentage of officers who: | Percentage of other ranks who: | |||
| Became trained | Are still on untrained strength | Became trained | Are still on untrained strength | |
| Royal Air Force-intake for financial years 2001-02 to 2005-06 | ||||
| Percentage of officers who: | Percentage of other ranks who: | |||
| Became trained | Are still on untrained strength | Became trained | Are still on untrained strength | |
Secondments
Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which organisation is responsible for the (a) salary and (b) expenses of each secondee out of his Department; and if he will make a statement. [112028]
Mr. Ingram: The Ministry of Defence will continue to be responsible for the salary of secondees but may seek re-imbursement from the external organisation to which the secondee is appointed. Travel and subsistence costs incurred by the secondee during the period of secondment will be paid by that organisation at the rates applicable to their own staff of equivalent status.
Service Accommodation
Mr. Harper:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) service family accommodation
and (b) single living accommodation properties in the United Kingdom are (i) standard 1, (ii) standard 2, (iii) standard 3 and (iv) standard 4. [101049]
Mr. Ingram: There are 49,022 SFA properties in the UK. Of these 2,191 have been identified as no longer required by the Ministry of Defence and will be disposed of in due course. The remainder (46,831) is in the following table:
| Service Families Accommodation (SFA). | ||
| Standard for Condition | Number SFA | Percentage SFA |
As at November 2006 there are 137,282 SLA properties in the UK. The delivery of SLA within the UK is undertaken through a number of contractual arrangements and is assessed by “Grade for Charge” rather than “Standard for Condition”. “Grade for Charge” does take into account the condition of the SLA, but also includes scale, environment and the location of SLA as part of its assessment. The “Grade for Charge” for SLA is in the following table.
| Single Living Accommodation (SLA) | ||
| Grade for Charge | Number SLA | Percentage SLA |
Mr. Vara: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much was spent on (a) building and (b) the upkeep of armed forces’ housing in each year since 1996, broken down by service. [117180]
Derek Twigg [holding answer 22 January 2007]: The following table gives the expenditure on Service Families Accommodation housing in Great Britain in each year since 2001-02. It is not possible to provide information prior to this date or broken down by Service as this would be at disproportionate cost. Information on expenditure on housing overseas cannot be separately identified except at disproportionate cost.
| £ million | |||||
| 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | |
Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what average annual rent a serviceman in the British army paid for accommodation in 2005-06. [111361]
Mr. Ingram:
Accommodation charges are recommended annually by the Armed Forces Pay Review Body (AFPRB) based on broad comparability with costs in the relevant civilian comparators. With
effect from 1 April 2005, service personnel occupying Service Families Accommodation in England, Scotland and Wales and Overseas, would normally have paid accommodation charges of between £1.66 and £19.91 per day (depending on the type and grade of the accommodation allocated and furniture status). In addition, they would have paid Contributions in Lieu of Council Tax (CILOCT) of between £2.14 and £4.70 per day. Single personnel occupying Single Living Accommodation (barracks) in the same locations would normally have paid accommodation charges of between £0.46 and £5.10 per day depending on grade and rank, plus CILOCT of between £0.08 and £0.25 per day. Details of charges are contained in the relevant annual Armed Forces Pay Review Body report, copies of which are available in the Library of the House.
Trident
Colin Challen: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many contributions have been received from (a) members of the public and (b) organisations on the consultation on a replacement for Trident. [110734]
Des Browne [holding answer 23 January 2007]: The Government received approximately 350 letters, either direct or through MPs, between the announcement of 4 December on the future of the United Kingdom’s nuclear deterrent and 18 January. We do not as a matter of routine record whether these letters are from individuals or organisations.
Veterans Badge
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what information is available on a constituency basis to identify those people who are entitled to a Veterans Badge but who have yet to claim it; and if he will make a statement. [111151]
Mr. Ingram [holding answer 30 January 2007]: The Ministry of Defence has insufficient information to make an accurate assessment of the number of people entitled to HM Armed Forces Veterans Lapel Badge but estimate that the total number is around 5 million. This figure cannot be broken down by constituency.
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Veterans Badges were issued in each parliamentary constituency in each of the last two years; and if he will make a statement. [111152]
Mr. Ingram [holding answer 30 January 2007]: The information is not held in a format that identifies how many Veterans Badges have been issued in each parliamentary constituency in each of the last two years and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Home Department
Antisocial Behaviour
Mr. Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department where each of the antisocial behaviour co-ordinators are based. [112373]
Mr. McNulty: Antisocial behaviour co-ordinators are located in each Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership in England and in each Community Safety Partnership in Wales, either within the police or within the local authority, according to each partnership’s preference. Their contact details are available through the Respect website:
www.respect.gov.uk.
Mr. Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what percentage of people made subject to an antisocial behaviour order have been convicted of a violent crime within two years of the order being served since the orders were introduced. [111547]
Mr. McNulty [holding answer 26 January 2007]: The information is not held centrally.
Margaret Moran: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what proportion of those served with antisocial behaviour orders were from (a) Afro-Caribbean, (b) Asian and (c) white ethnic backgrounds. [117551]
Mr. McNulty: Ethnicity is not collected centrally as part of the data collection of antisocial behaviour orders issued.
Community Call to Action
James Brokenshire: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps are being taken to promote the Community Call to Action introduced under the Police and Justice Act 2006. [111195]
Mr. McNulty: The Police and Justice Act 2006 received Royal Assent on 8 November 2006 and we are considering the steps necessary for implementation.
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